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2021 NOVEMBER 21 VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA
THE BEST NEWS YOU'LL GET ALL WEEK.

THIS IS AN EXPERIMENTAL TRANSMISSION OF THE WIA NEWS EDITED FOR
RTTY BY VK2CJB.

MATERIAL MAY BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN ANY FORM, A
CREDIT TO WIANEWS (AND VK2CJB) WOULDN'T GO ASTRAY.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS WITH THANKS TO IARU, RSGB, RAC, SOUTHGATE AR
CLUB, ARRL, NZART, EHAM, AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE AND THE WORLD
WIDE SOURCES OF THE WIA.

THE NORWEGIAN RADIO RELAY LEAGUE IS WORKING TO INTRODUCE AN
ENTRY-LEVEL AMATEUR RADIO CATEGORY THAT WOULD BECOME AVAILABLE
TO OPERATORS AS YOUNG AS 12 OR 13.

FRANCE: HAM RADIO EXAM AND OPERATOR CERTIFICATE ARE NOW FREE.

WWV AND WWVH WILL BROADCAST TEST SIGNALS TO STUDY THE
IONOSPHERE AND ITS EFFECTS ON HF RADIO. SOFTWARE WILL ALLOW
OPERATORS TO RECORD THE SIGNAL AT THEIR LOCATION AND UPLOAD IT
FOR ANALYSIS. THE SIGNALS WILL BE SENT AT 8 MINUTES PAST EACH
HOUR ON WWV, AND 48 MINUTES PAST EACH HOUR ON WWVH.

RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER HAVE TRANSMITTED
WITH MODULATED FAST NEUTRONS WITH 100 PERCENT SUCCESS.

DENMARK'S 40.071 MHZ BEACON IS BACK ON THE AIR.

SATELLITE Z-SAT WAS LAUNCHED 8 NOV. THE CW BEACON AT 145.875
MHZ CONTAINS INFORMATION SUCH AS SATELLITE BATTERY VOLTAGE. ALL
S.A.T. DEVICE USERS NEED AN UPDATE TO ACQUIRE THE TLE.

THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION HAS PERFORMED AN ENGINE BURN TO
AVOID POTENTIALLY HITTING A CHUNK OF SPACE JUNK. AMATEURS USING
THE ARISS REPEATER WILL WANT TO UPDATE THEIR KEPS. (AMSAT NA)

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HAM RADIO OPERATIONAL NEWS - IT'S A CONTACT SPORT

THE OCEANIA DX CONTEST COMMITTEE IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT
THE RAW SCORES (BEFORE ADJUDICATION AND LOG CHECKING) ARE NOW
AVAILABLE FOR THER WEBSITE. (VK5GR)

SPRING VHF-UHF FIELD DAYS 27-28 NOV.

CQ WORLD-WIDE CW CONTEST 27-28 NOV.

160 METER WW 4-5 DEC.

10 MTR WORLD WIDE 11-12 DEC.

PEEL AR GROUPS 80M SLOW CW CORROBOREE ON SUNDAY MORNING 4 DEC.

THE ENTIRE MONTH OF JANUARY EVERY YEAR IS THE WIA ROSS HULL
VHF-UHF MARATHON CONTEST.

WIA VHF-UHF FIELD DAYS
SUMMER 2022 - 0100 UTC 15 JAN THROUGH 0059 UTC 16 JAN.
WINTER 2022 - 0200 UTC 25 JUN THROUGH 0159 UTC 26 JUN.

JOHN MOYLE MEMORIAL FIELD DAY ?? MAR 2022.

HARRY ANGEL MEMORIAL 80M SPRINT MAY 7 10:00-11:46 UTC.

VK SHIRES CONTEST 11 JUN.

WIA TRANS-TASMAN LOW-BAND CONTEST 16 JUL.

WIA RD OR REMEMBRANCE DAY CONTEST 13-14 AUG.

WIA-NZART OCEANIA CONTEST
PHONE - 1ST FULL WEEKEND IN OCT. 0600 UTC SAT TO 0600 UTC SUN.
CW - 2ND FULL WEEKEND IN OCT. 0600 UTC SAT TO 0600 UTC SUN.
LOG DEADLINE FOR ALL LOGS 31 OCT.

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2021-2022 SOCIAL SCENE

GOLD COAST AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY HAMFEST IS ON TODAY, 21 NOV,
AT COUNTRY PARADISE PARKLANDS 231 BEAUDESERT NERANG ROAD,
NERANG. (VK4PY)

VK3 SPARC ROSEBUD RADIOFEST 13 FEB. (VK3PDG)

THE SOUTHERN PENINSULA AMATEUR RADIO CLUB WILL STAGE ITS
ROSEBUD RADIOFEST ON 13 FEB AT THE EASTBOURNE PRIMARY SCHOOLS
AUDITORIUM, ALLAMBI AVENUE, ROSEBUD, VIC.

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